Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA
A STUDY ON STUDENTS' PERCEPTION TOWARD PLAGIARISM: BACHELOR IN MARKETING STUDIES
(UMS)
PREPARED BY ILI FIZRINA MUHAMAD
(2007137261)
DECEMBER 2008-NOVEMBER 2009
ABSTRACT
With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), plagiarism becomes an ever more serious problem in the academic community.
According to the studies on academic plagiarism conducted at universities in four different European countries, plagiarism rates among students are quite high and students mostly ignore or allow plagiarism because of a lack of knowledge, lack of consequences, or simply because ICT makes plagiarism easy to commit. The findings of the studies presented in this paper indicate that strict policies against plagiarism need to be introduced at universities. In this context, in order to obtain an impression of the marketing students' perceptions, experiences with, and attitudes towards plagiarism, a survey was carried out within the UMS. This report of the survey describing students' perceptions of plagiarism (intentional and unintentional), factor that lead to plagiarism
and any correlations found between plagiarism and demographic, situational and perceptual factors. Moreover, it can be concluded that institutions have to be seen to be taking the issue of cheating seriously. At Institute level, there needs to be a review of the policy on academic honesty, linked to definitions of academic impropriety. There also
needs to be a clear set of penalties which are designed to discourage involvement in dishonest practice, similarly academics need to be encouraged to follow through suspected transgressions from acceptable practice and supported in the application of the penalty system. Ideally, there should be administrative support to assist academics in the identification ofpossible sources of material in suspected cases.
A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T
Completing this research was a challenging project for me. However, fortunately I had the help of many parties that made this project less difficult. My mom kept me motivated and on course during all those moments brings were not going as planned. I was delayed and the questionnaires were not returned as expected. I thank to her from the bottom of my heart for being there in my moments of need.
Our supervisors, Madam Afida Arapa deserved a special mention here. She was insistent on the meetings and dateline which 1 did not quite appreciate then. But looking back, her toughness made me work harder and for that I will always be grateful.
1 would like to thank to all students in UMS who are fully participate in completing the questionnaires and help me to finish this research. Thank you so much for all kindness cooperation that they gave.
I also would like to thank God Almighty because without whose blessing I will not be able to finished this research and completely successful.
Hi Fizrina Muhamd
Bachelor of Administrative Science (Honours) Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam.
T A B L E OF CONTENT
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction 1-3 1.2 Problem statement 4-5 1.3 Research objective 5 1.4 Scope of study 6 1.5 Significant of this study 7-8
1.6 Definition of terms/concept 9 Chapter 2: Literature Review & Conceptual Framework
2.1 Literature Review 10-15 2.2 Conceptual frameworks 16-18 Chapter 3: Research Method
3.1 Research design 19 3.2 Unit of analysis 19 3.3 Sample size 19 3.4 Sampling technique 19
3.5 Measurement/ instrument 20
3.6 Data collection 20 3.7 Data analysis 21 Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis
4.1 Rate of reliability tests 22
4.2 Normality tests 22 4.3 Frequencies 23 4.4 Respondent Perception toward Plagiarism 24-31
4.5 Differences of perceptions on the factor 32-36 that contributes to plagiarism among gender
4.6 Factors that contributes to plagiarism among students 37-38
4.7 To determine whether students aware of 39 any rules and regulation regarding plagiarism
that can prohibits plagiarism in their university.
Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion
5.1 Discussion 40-42 5.2 Limitation 43 5.3 Conclusion 44-46 Chapter 6: References 47-48 Chapter 7: Appendices 49-54
Chapter 8: List of Table
Table 4.1 Normality test 22 Table 4.2 Profile of respondents 23
Table 4.3 Lack of awareness 24 Table 4.4 internet facilities25
Table 4.5 Lack of Competence 28 Table 4.5 Lack of Competence 29
Table 4.6 Pressure 30 Table 4.7 Negative Personal Attitude 30
Table 4.8 Rules and Regulation 30 Table 4.9 Chi-Square test 32 Table 5.0 Chi-Square Test 32 Table 5.1 Chi-Square test 33 Table 5.2 Chi-Square Test 35 Table 5.3 Chi-Square Tests 36 Table 5.4 factor that contributes to plagiarism among student 37
Table 5.5 Descriptive Statistics 39
Chapter 9: List of figures
Figure 2.2.1 conceptual framework 16
